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World coronavirus dispatch: Brazil is second nation with million-plus cases

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Yuvraj Malik New Delhi
Brazil has become the second country in the world to confirm more than one million cases of Covid-19. Latin America is among the areas currently seeing a spike in infections. There are major outbreaks in a number of countries, including Chile and Peru, while Mexico became the seventh country to officially surpass 20,000 virus-related deaths. Read more here.

Let’s look at the global statistics:

Total Confirmed Cases: 86,65,920

Change Over Yesterday: 1,65,928

Total Deaths: 4,60,043

Total Recovered: 42,46,221

Nations hit with most cases: US (22,22,576), Brazil (10,32,913), Russia (5,68,292), India (3,95,048) and UK (3,03,285)


WHO warns